WomanistMidrashisanin-depthandcreativeexplorationofthewell-andlesser-knownwomenoftheHebrewScriptures.Usingherowntranslations,GafneyoffersamidrashicinterpretationofthebiblicaltextthatisrootedintheAfricanAmericanpreachingtraditiontotellthestoriesofavarietyoffemalecharacters,manyofwhomareoftenoverlookedandnameless.GafneyemploysasolidunderstandingofwomanistandfeministapproachestobiblicalinterpretationandthesociohistoricalcultureoftheancientNearEast.Thisuniqueandimaginativeworkthatisgroundedinseriousscholarshipwillexpandconversationsaboutfeministandwomanistbiblicalinterpretation.
